Sahar Diab had visited Damascus’ famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her ...

It was the early spring of 1963, Saturday, March 23, and again on Saturday, March 30, to be exact when a group of ...

Seventy Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia.

Lane Nichols takes a luxury cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and falls in love with New Orleans jazz music, Delta ...

Chicago's Doc10 has shared its 2025 lineup, which includes Sundance hits such as 'The Perfect Neighbor' and 'Predators.' ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

Fittingly for a city so closely associated with music history, This City Is Ours is set to a lively soundtrack of classic and ...

Hozier is a powerhouse writer with a large selection of hits, but he's also proficient in writing a powerful protest song.

Mass rallies for and against Yoon Suk Yeol filled the streets on Saturday as the Constitutional Court prepared to rule on ...

A Chicago-area writer muses on the power of music to evoke memory and why the 1970s hit "United We Stand" has become a ...

Peter Wolf's book 'Waiting on the Moon' includes a fascinating chapter about Bob Dylan's early days in New York — Wolf took ...

On this week’s WNIJ Community Spotlight, we focus on the sounds and songs of the 1860’s. A Civil War era ball will be held on ...